Leslie Fcking Jones, Leslie Jones
Leslie Fcking Jones, Leslie Jones
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Leslie F*cking Jones

Author: Leslie Jones

Narrator: Leslie Jones, Chris Rock

Unabridged: 16 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2023


Synopsis

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER with 5+ hours of bonus material not found in the print version and read by Leslie Jones. AudioFile Magazine awarded the recording an ‘Earphones Award’, saying: “No listener can leave this memoir unaffected as Jones laughs and sobs, sharing the highs and lows, joys and sorrows of her full life.”

Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you.

Now, I’m gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a b*tch is fifty-five and she’s smoked a ton of weed. But while bits might be a touch hazy, I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL. Whether I’m talking about my childhood growing up in the South, my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying I wouldn’t get murdered, what Chris Rock told Lorne Michaels, that time I wanted to shoot Whoopi Goldberg on SNL, and yeah, I’ll tell you all about Ghostbusters and the nudes and Supermarket Sweep and The Daily Show . . . I’m sharing it all in these pages. It’s not easy being a woman in comedy, especially when you’re a tall-*ss Black woman with a trumpet voice. I have to fight so that no one takes me for granted, and no one takes advantage. These are the stories that explain why. (Cue the Law & Order theme.)
 

About Leslie Jones

Leslie Jones was an Army Intelligence officer for many years and she brings her first-hand experience to the pages of her work. She resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is currently hard at work on her next book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Olivia on October 25, 2023

I listened to the audio version and I swear she was not reading what was written. 😂😂 It felt a lot more like a podcast than an audiobook which was really cool. I liked hearing about her life story, which was fascinating and very well written. This was a great format for her personality.......more

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the chutzpah!" on February 16, 2024

Well, this went as well as I expected. I absolutely love Leslie Jones. I've never seen her in movies or on television. Honestly? If it's not Survivor or Big Brother, then I don't watch. I am one of those people who sometimes gets a bit depressed and feel like I've been buggered. When that happens, I......more

Goodreads review by Chris on November 07, 2024

I savored the audio of this memoir, because -- well -- it's Leslie F*ucking Jones. And to hear her tell her story was a treasure. It was like listening to one of her hysterical Weekend Update riffs on Saturday Night Live. But her story is also, like many people's, filled with pain and failure and lo......more

Goodreads review by Kenzie on January 12, 2024

What a wild ride this audiobook was 😂 The print book is 288 pages, & the audio is 17 hours because Leslie Jones just told all of the stories from the book (without reading them) and added random tangents and laughing fits and who knows what else 😂 This book has SO MUCH personality and there were som......more

Goodreads review by Ray on January 19, 2024

Leslie Jones is a national treasure! There are a lot of celebrity memoirs out there, and specifically a lot of audiobooks read by famous performers, and the best of them tend to be by comedians. Of those, one of the best I've ever listened to would have to be Leslie F*cking Jones, by Leslie F*cking......more


Quotes

"This refreshingly uncensored book will appeal to Jones’ many fans and to anyone who appreciates the struggles Black female comics face on the road to success."—Kirkus Reviews